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Mystic River

Dennis Lehane

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Nov 30, 2016 Barrett Lafortune rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, favorites, literary-fiction

Early on in Mystic River, one of the characters makes a reference to feeling "like he was in a goddamned Springsteen song". This sentiment perfectly captures my reading experience. The whole time I was reading Mystic River, Springsteen's Nebraska album was playing in the background of my mind. Nebraska is stripped down and doesn't have any big Born-in-the-USA-style anthems. Nebraska deals with ordinary blue collar people who have tough lives and serious flaws. Their futures are bleak and they ha ...more

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Aug 03, 2021 Matt Goncalves rated it really liked it

Shelves: adapted-to-film-or-series

A good urban crime mystery. Read this after enjoying the film adaptation. I like some of the details the novel had that the film couldn't fit in. But I also found this book to be a bit bloated with details and descriptions that tended to rave in the story. A lot of parts of this book seemed to rant about side ideas like gentrification and human behavior but in ways that didn't seem to service the story. The characters were well crafted and believable as people and the mystery was solid. The last ...more

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